Bucks County man sentenced for possession of child pornography

Jeffrey Howard Warshaw, 43, of the 700 block of Harris Avenue in Croydon, was ordered to serve five years of consecutive sex offender probation and register as a sex offender under Megan’s Law for 15 years.

MEDIA COURTHOUSE — A Bucks County man who pleaded to charges of possessing child pornography and criminal use of a communication facility in October was sentenced Thursday to 11½-23 months in county prison.

Jeffrey Howard Warshaw, 43, of the 700 block of Harris Avenue in Croydon, was also ordered to serve five years of consecutive sex offender probation and register as a sex offender under Megan’s Law for 15 years.

Warshaw was arrested in July following an investigation by county Detective Lisa DeMartini Carroll, a member of the Delaware County Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

Carroll was notified by Collingdale Police Officers in December that a woman had called 911 after finding images of child pornography on her boyfriend’s cellphone.

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The woman also told police that she found emails on the phone to other girls indicating that he “likes them young,” according to an affidavit of probable cause.

When Collingdale officers responded to the woman’s MacDade Avenue home, Warshaw allegedly said he “should have erased the photos.”

Warshaw was taken back to the Collingdale police station, where his Motorola/Verizon Droid Razr was confiscated after he admitted there might be images of child pornography on it, though he was not sure.

The phone was ultimately determined to contain more than 100 images and videos of child pornography, according to the affidavit.

Warshaw did not make a statement at sentencing, but defense counsel Taylor Dunn said his client wants to receive the treatment he needs and return to being a productive member of society.

Judge John Capuzzi ordered Warshaw to undergo a psychological evaluation and comply with all recommendations. A psychiatric report, state Sexual Offenders Assessment Board evaluation and substance abuse evaluation have already been performed.

Capuzzi also ordered Warshaw to provide a DNA sample to state police and forfeit any items used in the commission of the crime.

The judge put several other conditions upon Warshaw as well, such as abstaining from all pornography, complying with prescribed medications, using computers only for work or educational purposes, and having no unsupervised contact with minors during his Megan’s Law registration.

“The conditions are imposed … for your benefit,” said Capuzzi. “You don’t want to be back here at any point, either on a new offense or because you violated these conditions.”

The judge warned Warshaw that any violation could result in a much stronger sentence, and advised him to get a job as soon as possible so that he would not become idle and tempted to stray upon his release from prison.

Assistant District Attorney Jeffrey Boogay said Warshaw had served about six months of his sentence.